What is Total Physical Response and how can it help you with foreign language acquisition? Total Physical Response offers tremendous advantages to language learners. TPR is known to: Motivate students Improve retention Reduce anxiety and stress Help academically weaker students Teach students to determine meaning from context Increase student confidence Offer a refreshingly different style of…
“What’s different about Excelerate SPANISH?” This is the question I hear most often at homeschool conferences. I love answering it, and I think you’ll love the answer, too! It’s really no exaggeration to say, “What’s different is everything.” Excelerate SPANISH is truly unique from the other choices available to homeschoolers today! Read the reviews and…
I taught Spanish in the public school classroom for 10 years, mostly at the high school level, then to homeschooled students (mine and others) for about 8 years. I am not a fan of traditional, formal curricula for foreign language learning. Some students will learn in spite of them… but many more inevitably wind up…
As young children, we acquired our native language via relevant, personalized, compelling comprehensible input. Unfortunately, this is lacking with most foreign language programs. Fortunately, finding solutions is easier than ever, once we know what to look for. Appropriate input might include videos, music, television, news articles, podcasts, books, conversations, sports narrations, and more. You’ll be…
Contact us today to arrange a FREE Spanish lesson and foreign language workshop for your co-op, support group, or school! You will learn: 1. How and why so many students fail to achieve proficiency with ordinary methods 2. What brain researchers and language acquisition experts are saying 3. Simple techniques that improve retention 4. How…
Please register today for the conference this weekend, February 7th and 8th! I hope to see you there! (Psst… I have it on good authority that you may register online through Friday morning, and attendees will not be turned away at the door… but please do pre-register!) 13th Annual Winter Conference Heart for Home School…
I’d like to offer your co-op or support group a FREE workshop on teaching foreign languages in your homeschool, to benefit all families no matter which language(s) or curricula you choose! We will discuss: 1. How and why so many students fail to achieve proficiency with ordinary methods 2. What brain researchers and language acquisition…
Be sure not to miss the 2014 Annual Print Edition of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine! It’s a wealth of information for your homeschool- whether you’re a newbie or a veteran. This incredibly packed issue features articles covering tons of homeschool needs, including everything from how to start mid-year to how to teach your children Spanish…